Should BusyBox and uClibc also make a "flag version" likeEmbedded Linux?

[Mikhail Gusarov]

Twas brillig at 16:06:50 05.11.2010 UTC-07 when jcathey at ciena.com did gyre and gimble:

 CJ> It's when BB can be blamed for burnt toast that the
 CJ> 'lid comes off the box', and then one may reasonably
 CJ> consider updating.  But if BB v20 is notably bigger
 CJ> than BB v2, as configured, that could be a problem.
 CJ> Especially if the toaster were quite resource-constrained.
 CJ> And spending more ROM bytes on infrastructure like BB is
 CJ> usually much less attractive than spending them on direct
 CJ> features.

 CJ> 'Stale' software is a fact of life in embedded world.
 CJ> We prefer to pronounce it 'stable', however!

Especially if toaster is not connected to network, and hence attacker
can't burn all user's toasts due to security vulnerability in BB.

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